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According to CoinDesk, the on-chain financial platform Theo announced the launch of a yield-bearing tokenized silver product thSLVR, supported by over $40 million in active leases, expanding its commodity financing business from gold to silver. This token allows holders to maintain exposure to silver prices while passing on the lease income paid by institutional borrowers to the holders.Theo stated that the silver supporting thSLVR will be leased to mature institutional counterparties under standard market terms, with credit exposure guaranteed by the parent company. The product is launched in a beta version, initially targeting institutions and whitelist investors, with plans to expand access later. Silver has experienced significant volatility this year, reaching a historical high of $121.79 per ounce in January, followed by a 41% drop over three days, and falling to a low of $54.74 in July, recently hovering around the mid-$60 range.Theo was founded by former traders from Optiver and IMC and has previously offered yield-bearing tokenized gold and U.S. Treasury products. The silver leasing will also expand the underlying assets of its yield-bearing stablecoin thUSD. According to RWA.xyz data, the market size for tokenized commodities is approximately $4.9 billion, covering 130 products. The London 1-month silver lease rate briefly rose to about 39% in October 2025, while the historical norm is below 1%; the market expects a supply gap in silver for the sixth consecutive year in 2026, with a gap of approximately 46.3 million ounces.

According to Ember Monitoring, trader Machibigbrother went long on ETH in August through high-leverage rolling positions, increasing approximately $150,000 to $12.3 million, during which ETH rose from about $1,900 to $2,500.Entering September, ETH fluctuated in the range of $2,400 to $2,600, and due to high leverage, his positions frequently hit stop-losses, leaving only about $1 million in funds.

According to data from the London Baltic Exchange, due to the war in Iran leading to a shortage of tankers willing to cross the Strait of Hormuz to load cargo, the tanker leasing costs for the oil industry's benchmark routes have exceeded $1 million per day for the first time.

After successfully obtaining the Money Transmitter License (MTL) in Florida in July, Gate US has now received the MTL license in Massachusetts this month. So far, the platform has obtained 37 state-level compliance licenses in the United States, covering 47 states and regions. Areas without licenses can conduct related business without such qualifications. This approval further solidifies Gate US's regulatory foundation in the U.S. market and marks another important milestone in its implementation of a global compliance strategy and deepening localized operations.Massachusetts requires money transmission institutions to meet strict standards in financial condition, compliance controls, and operations. Gate US has met these requirements and has been granted the license. Currently, Gate US has established a comprehensive compliance service system in key jurisdictions such as Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.Globally, multiple entities under Gate have obtained regulatory registrations, authorizations, and related compliance licenses in various countries and regions, including Malta, the Bahamas, Japan, the United States, Australia, and Dubai. In the future, Gate US will continue to uphold the principles of safety, transparency, and long-term development, deepen compliance efforts in the U.S. market, and continuously provide trustworthy digital asset services to global users.

CryptoQuant certified analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that in the past 24 hours, the price of Bitcoin has slightly increased by 0.4%, but selling pressure in the derivatives market has significantly intensified. The Bitcoin derivatives pressure index has dropped from -25.36 to -60.8, remaining below zero since September 6, indicating that sellers still dominate.Meanwhile, Coinbase continues to trade at a discount relative to Binance, with the latest Coinbase premium index at -0.0455%, a 48-hour average of -0.0323%, and further weakening in the past 24 hours.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, Binance's Bitcoin reserves have risen to 693,000 coins, reaching a two-year high, an increase of about 77,000 coins since the end of April, accounting for approximately 30% of the total Bitcoin reserves on major trading platforms.As the reserve continues to climb, Bitcoin faces strong supply pressure in the range of $83,000 to $85,000.

According to Anza's monitoring, the second step of the Solana proposal SIMD-0437 rent reduction will take effect on the mainnet at approximately 21:15 UTC, corresponding to epoch 1033. At that time, the lamports required per byte will decrease from 6333 to 5080, a cumulative decrease of about 27% from the initial level, and the deposit required for on-chain storage such as creating token accounts will be further reduced.There is currently no fixed timetable for subsequent steps; the third step will be initiated once the growth of on-chain status is confirmed to be safe. If any anomalies occur, SIMD-0438 can serve as a fallback mechanism to revert the rent parameters. Currently, three steps remain in the five-step plan.

According to official data, the overall trading volume of Gate options in August increased by 36.64% month-on-month, while retail trading volume increased by 27.55% month-on-month; during the same period, the trading volume of premiums increased by 192.83%.In addition, Gate US stock options have officially launched, initially supporting 9 popular US stock underlying assets including Nvidia, Tesla, and Apple.

The report from the Cornell Brooks School Tech Policy Institute (BTPI) shows that if the United States implements a minimum exemption for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payments under $300, the federal net revenue is expected to increase by $859 million over 10 years, with a range of $172 million to $2.58 billion, assuming the number of digital asset payment users remains at 5.4 million.The bill S. 2207 proposed by U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis aims to exempt capital gains tax on related payments, with an annual tax-free capital gains limit of $5,000. Some other legislative initiatives propose to limit the scope of the exemption to regulated stablecoins, and discussions are still ongoing. BTPI states that the current capital gains tax and small transaction reporting requirements suppress daily Bitcoin payments. If the transaction-level tax and reporting burdens are removed, it could increase Bitcoin payments and demand; under the current adoption level, the recent impact on Bitcoin prices and taxes may be small, while the long-term impact depends on factors such as the scale of payments.

Visa stated in an official blog post that stablecoin-linked cards are one of the fastest-growing segments of the network. In the second fiscal quarter, over 160 stablecoin-linked card projects launched globally, with payment volumes increasing nearly 200% year-over-year, and an annualized settlement rate exceeding $20 billion, growing more than 15 times year-over-year.Visa pointed out that its collaboration with Credit Coop to launch a stablecoin-based revolving credit tool provides daily settlement funds for early stablecoin card projects, and the borrowing costs for some participating projects have decreased by more than 30%.

During the weekend market closure of traditional markets, perpetual contract types of stocks may have already priced in the stock market trends. According to RootData, most popular stocks are above the last after-hours levels:Semiconductor Triple Long ETF (SOXL) is currently at $125.65, up 7.59% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $116.79;SanDisk (SNDK) is currently at $1,785.09, up 3.07% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,731.88;Micron Technology (MU) is currently at $1,043.54, up 2.84% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,014.74;iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is currently at $532.09, up 2.62% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $518.48;Intel (INTC) is currently at $98.16, up 2.46% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $95.80;SK Hynix (SKHY) is currently at $179.44, up 2.08% from the last trading day's closing reference price of $175.78;VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is currently at $578.73, up 2.06% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $567.05;SpaceX (SPCX) is currently at $150.54, up 1.87% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $147.78;IREN (IREN) is currently at $43.96, down 1.59% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $44.67;AMD (AMD) is currently at $483.59, up 1.58% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $476.08;

Goldman Sachs' Global Technology Equity Research Team released a report on April 17, 2026, stating that networks unlock the computing power of a single AI chip by connecting multiple chips, enabling seamless data exchange and low latency. With the expansion of AI infrastructure and the enhancement of computing power, various configurations are expected to see growth, further opening up a 9-fold Total Addressable Market (TAM) space to $154 billion.The report pointed out that the dollar content of horizontal and vertical scaling increases by 16 times and 45 times, respectively; the TAM for optics expands 13 times from horizontal to vertical scaling; the market value of pluggable optical modules in horizontal scaling expands 10 times from AI server models in the second half of 2025 to models in the second half of 2027. The authors include Allen Chang, Verena Jeng, James Schneider, Mark Delaney, among others.The total dollar content for each computing unit in vertical and horizontal scaling is expected to increase from $315,000 for GB300 NVL72 to $9.4 billion for Rubin Ultra NVL576, a 29-fold increase. The total value TAM increases 9 times to $154 billion (mainly in 2028), of which 69% ($106 billion) comes from vertical scaling. The analysis covers the dollar content and market opportunities of configurations such as copper cables, pluggable optical modules, CPO, and PCB backplanes.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform stating that a new analysis by the Cornell Tech Policy Institute estimates that exempting capital gains tax on small digital asset purchases could increase U.S. federal government revenue by approximately $859 million over the next 10 years.The S. 2207 bill proposed by Senator Cynthia Lummis would exempt qualified purchases under $300 from capital gains confirmation, with an annual exclusion limit of $5,000 for capital gains. The study claims that, based on core assumptions, every $100 of qualified benchmark payments could generate $3.18 in federal net revenue.

According to market news, the UK-listed company B HODL has repurchased 1 Bitcoin, currently holding 167.487 Bitcoins, ranking 93rd in the Bitcoin 100.

According to Businesswire, ProCap Financial, a Bitcoin treasury company owned by Anthony Pompliano, announced that it has sold approximately 50 Bitcoins, with the proceeds used to repurchase over 2% of its outstanding shares at a price that is about 40% below the net asset value (NAV).ProCap Financial stated that since the initiation of the stock repurchase program, the cumulative repurchased shares have accounted for approximately 10% of the outstanding shares, and as of the market close, it still holds about 5,305 Bitcoins, and will continue to assess opportunities for stock repurchases when the share price is significantly discounted to NAV.

According to CoinDesk analysis, Bitcoin is approaching the "golden cross" technical signal where the 50-day moving average crosses above the 200-day moving average. Historical data shows that since 2012, Bitcoin has experienced 12 golden crosses, with an average increase of 24.9% over three months for 9 of them, but only 3 have maintained for a full year without being broken by a death cross, with an average annual increase of 250%.What makes this golden cross different from previous ones is that the USDT market share is simultaneously approaching a "death cross" ------ its 50-day moving average is about to cross below the 200-day moving average. A decline in USDT market share usually indicates that funds are flowing out of stablecoins and into risk assets like Bitcoin, and this indicator has previously marked significant trend changes for Bitcoin. The combination of both further strengthens the bullish signal for this round of Bitcoin rebound.

The Hong Kong-listed company OSL Group (HKEX:863) announced its interim results for the six months ending June 30, 2026. Total revenue was HKD 55.813 billion, an increase of 65.8% year-on-year; payment business revenue was HKD 49.083 billion, an increase of 69.3%, accounting for 88% of total revenue; total trading volume was HKD 172 billion, an increase of 241.3%; revenue outside of the Asia-Pacific region was HKD 7.8 billion, a tenfold increase year-on-year; adjusted non-IFRS earnings were HKD 331 million, an increase of 75.5% year-on-year.OSL Group's Executive Director and CEO, Kevin Choi, stated that despite a significant market correction in the first half of the year, the company's trading volume and revenue both reached new highs, and noted that it has become the world's largest stablecoin payment infrastructure company by B2B stablecoin payment transaction volume. In 2025, the company completed a strategic upgrade, achieving an annual B2B stablecoin payment volume of USD 12.3 billion. In February 2026, it launched the corporate dollar stablecoin USDGO issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A., with a circulation exceeding USD 800 million in four months, and surpassing USD 1.2 billion by August.During the reporting period, OSL completed the acquisition of Banxa Holdings Inc. in January 2026 and obtained the EU MiCAR license granted by the Austrian Financial Market Authority and the AFSL issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, while also launching the stablecoin payment infrastructure OSL AgentPay aimed at AI agents.

As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) accelerate their rule-making efforts for the $2.5 trillion industry amid a legislative stalemate on cryptocurrency market structure during the summer recess, both agencies are advancing multiple crypto-related initiatives. These include re-evaluating the definitions of derivatives such as swaps and perpetual contracts, as well as rewriting the SEC's crypto custody rules.A bipartisan group composed of former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo, former CFTC Commissioners Brian Quintenz and Sharon Brown-Hruska, former SEC Commissioner Steven Wallman, and former SEC Chief Economist Chester Spatt stated in a comment letter sponsored by Kalshi that similar risks should receive similar regulatory treatment, and overlapping rules should not impose additional compliance costs. Giancarlo noted that if federal regulation is calibrated based on actual risks rather than maximum burdens, liquidity will flow back to the U.S., and the longer we wait, the harder it will be to attract that liquidity back.Kalshi estimates that offshore perpetual contract trading volume will exceed $90 trillion by 2025, up from about $28 trillion two years ago. Additionally, the SEC last week submitted its plan to rewrite the custody rules for investment advisers and investment companies to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review, and its "Reg Crypto" proposal has officially entered the Federal Register, with a public comment period ending on October 20.